SELL EVERYTHING
We first came across Sell Everything at The Grand Social during the NYF Dublin Guinness Music Trail.
This was our first introduction to the band and we were actually meant to head off elsewhere on the trail - but after their first song, they sort of just stopped us in our tracks.
We were honestly a bit mesmerised. Their sound felt different to anything we’d seen before and that moment is exactly why we were so keen to get them involved with our project.
We caught up with Tom (lead vocals) to talk beginnings, influences, their approach to creating, and what’s next for the band.
Photo by @onstagewithkate
MEET THE BAND
Sell Everything began pretty organically in Dublin when Tom reached out to Jack to play drums and help put some songs together. Not long after, Jack brought in the rest of the lads: Oisín, Fionn and - much later, Toby, whose background in improvised electronics and dub reggae added unexpected new life to the project.
“He made lots of really cool improvised electronic music… I asked him if he could add something to our sound and he ended up glueing the whole live set together.”
With their manager Tim joining around the same time, the group feel they’ve truly found their footing.
“We have been getting really tight and professional. We have a really solid team together now!”
And the name? As simple and bold as the band’s approach.
“It basically just looked good … when I was looking through a big list of band names … I spotted SELL EVERYTHING in all caps just like that. And I just thought it worked on every level.”
To Tom, it represents attitude and freedom - open enough for listeners to find their own meaning.
Photo by @jasmingrace_01
THEIR SOUND
Trying to box Sell Everything in to one genre would probably miss the point entirely.
“I think we have a lot of groovy and grungy tones. Bits of jazz and blues and bits of contemporary indie. But it’s pretty fun without forcing people to try have fun haha.”
There’s a natural looseness to their approach - especially live.
“I hate when I go to a gig and the act are trying to get you up … I’ll get up if the music is good and it makes me feel that way. Otherwise let’s just see what happens and see what the music gets out of you.”
Their influences reflect that fluidity. Tom cites artists like MJ Lenderman, King Krule, Bar Italia and Dean Blunt - artists who blur genre lines and resist neat categorisation.
“I find a lot of people we listen to aren’t even bands like ourselves. I think that’s nice as it keeps things fresh and keeps us floating around the box and not putting ourselves firmly in a box.”
For first-time listeners, there’s one track that captures what they’re all about perfectly.
“I’d say give Landlord Blues a listen. It has really nice guitar tones and it’s pretty raw. We made that in about half a day, chillin in my house.”
The story behind the track only adds to its charm.
“The vocals are 2 or 3 freestyles meshed together. It’s very sell everything haha. Just slap a few bits together and see where it goes.”
In true chaos, the original file was even lost.
“My hard drive had broke and I lost the file. So what you hear on Spotify is pretty much what we had done the day we recorded it and very little else added on.”
Photo by @onstagewithkate
LIVE & UPCOMING
There’s plenty happening for Sell Everything right now.
While they can’t say too much about any upcoming releases right now, other than the fact their extremely excited about what’s to come, the live side of things is already picking up pace.
The band will be playing All Together Now this summer - a full-circle moment for Tom, who mentions it’s his favourite festival.
They also recently played at Róisín Dubh as part of Florence Road’s Faoin Solas night - a show that further cemented their growing presence on stages outside of Dublin.
And most excitingly (for us, anyway), Sell Everything will be headlining our very first Noise Night in Belfast on 27th March. Sharing the bill with Dog Swim and Schtick, it feels like the perfect lineup to mark the beginning of something new.
Photo by @jasmingrace_01
OUR VERDICT
Sell Everything are the kind of band that feel comfortable in their own decisions. They see no need to over explain or over produce anything - they just trust their instincts.
What stands out most is how naturally it all comes together. The looseness and the rawness, the fact that Landlord Blues exists in the form it does because that’s simply how it happened - it all feels very real and honest rather than constructed.
There’s a sense that they’re creating without overthinking, pulling from different influences without trying to define them too much; we think that freedom is what gives the project its character.
That’s exactly why they felt like the perfect choice to headline our very first Noise Night in Belfast. We genuinely couldn’t be more excited to have them!
If you want to see it unfold in real time, tickets are available now via our website - and we’d recommend grabbing yours sooner rather than later.
